Decay ofSb115

Abstract
Sb115 (32 min) decays by electron capture and positron emission to Sn115, the positron branch accounting for (12±3)% of the disintegrations. Of the total disintegrations 94% lead directly to a previously known 499-kev level in Sn115. The remaining 6% of the disintegrations are to an excited state in Sn115 and are followed by two gamma rays in cascade whose energies are 980 kev and 1240 kev, respectively. The crossover gamma ray of 2220 kev has also been seen, with an intensity equivalent to 1% of the disintegrations. The cascade and crossover gamma rays lead to the 499-kev level and coincidences have been observed between these gamma rays. An upper limit of 0.4% was obtained for a beta branch from In115m to the 499-kev level in Sn115. These levels in Sn115 seem to be too high in energy to correspond to the predicted low-lying levels in Sn115 of Kisslinger and Sorensen.

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